Bernardo and the Virgin
The year is 1980, and the Sandinistas are newly in power in Nicaragua. Bernardo Martinez, a modest, unassuming tailor in the town of Cuapa, witnesses an extraordinary thing: an otherworldly glow appears around the statue of the Virgin Mary in the church, and soon the Holy Virgin appears. Though a work of fiction, Bernardo and the Virgin is based on the real-life experiences of Bernardo Martinez. Silvio Sirias's sweeping novel tells many stories, weaving together the true account of this humble, devout man with the moving and often humorous fictional tales of the people whom he influenced and inspired. It is also a stormy epic of Nicaragua thr…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8101-2427-1
- EAN: 9780810124271
- Produktnummer: 2820847
- Verlag: Northwestern Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 446 S.
- Masse: H21.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.6 cm 572 g
- Gewicht: 572
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